Pastor's Corner

In the book of Nehemiah chapter’s 3 and 4, we find the Jewish people back in Jerusalem ready to rebuild the city walls. Nehemiah has gathered all the clans together and appointed each a task of rebuilding a specific area of the wall and its gates. As their work begins they start to make noticeable progress immediately. In the matter of just a few days the wall is beginning to take shape and the enemies and oppressors of the Jewish people have noticed. At first those opposed to the Jews made fun of them, and made jokes at their expense. The Jews just kept on working and persevering as progress on the wall moved forward. As the progress became more and more the enemies of the Jews began to plot an attack on them. Nehemiah caught wind of their plans to attack so he had his people arm themselves and be ready for a fight. Nehemiah chapter 4: 18 And each of the builders had his sword strapped at his side while he built. The Plan of their enemies had been thwarted by the Mighty God, but His people were ready for a battle, and ready for the hard work to continue as well.
What I see from these chapters is that we all have a specific job appointed to us by God himself. We all come from different backgrounds, home towns, social circles, etc, but we can come together on behalf of the Lord and be blessed for it. We are going to be met with opposition when we labor in His name, He will always go before us and bless our efforts. We are to have our swords strapped to our sides, our sword, our weapon is the word of God. We can speak His word directly into the enemies of our lives and find relief and blessing. This week I encourage you to get into God’s word, commit it to memory and speak it into your lives. God will bless your efforts in fulfilling His will but watch out for the devil’s schemes.
Jake Thomas